FullBlast - new assessment Played this again today with the boy watching me and whooping & cheering (I don’t usually get away with that) using clippa’s farm machinery which makes a huge difference. It is very easy. It is a very easy platinum (I got it after 5 levels lol) and it’s bland, same environ...

Yeah, this is wank. It feels like some kid knocked it up while watching Netflix. Dull as fuck. Uninspiring enemies. Empty backdrops. It feels so budget it hurts. It makes Overdriven feel like Crimzon Clover. Unsatisfying and I get why Ksub references Sky Forces now too. Even at £1.69 it’s a waste o...

Been playing Earth Defence Force on the SNES, courtesy of Nintendo Online. Neko Navy 1cc mateyboy chose it as the retro game challenge this week. Old school shmup, graphically pretty bland but somehow reminds me a little of Rolling Gunner, not sure why. It's gnarly at first, takes a bit of getting ...

Been playing Earth Defence Force on the SNES, courtesy of Nintendo Online. Neko Navy 1cc mateyboy chose it as the retro game challenge this week. Old school shmup, graphically pretty bland but somehow reminds me a little of Rolling Gunner, not sure why. It's gnarly at first, takes a bit of getting u...

Yeah, sounds crazy doesn't it. unless you have some kind of mad controller adaptor, or wireless controller... The one thing phones have going for them is easy vertical displays I guess. Not for me. But then I just don't like gaming on my phone period.

Sssshhh! I'm not bloody made of kidneys! Posted this in the competition thread, but you've got 3 days to buy a DFK steam key for half price, if you're interested - https://www.humblebundle.com/store/dodonpachi-resurrection Other degica published games also on sale - https://www.humblebundle.com/sto...

Yeah, this is wank. It feels like some kid knocked it up while watching Netflix. Dull as fuck. Uninspiring enemies. Empty backdrops. It feels so budget it hurts. It makes Overdriven feel like Crimzon Clover. Unsatisfying and I get why Ksub references Sky Forces now too. Even at £1.69 it’s a waste of...

Yeah I don't think that's a bad thing really. There are some serious heavy hitters in the initial list, with this Nintendo Online has pretty much surpassed PS Plus for me free games wise for sure, and it's less than half the price. For how long, who knows. To get the odd SNES game from this point wo...

I've got a ludicrous amount of issues of Retro Gamer, a mate of mine subscribes and gives me it when he's finished reading it on the shitter. Can't bring myself to throw them away. I must have hundreds. Great magazine, glad it's still going.

Thanks guys. Sounds like I shouldn't bother. "euroshmup" and "extraordinarily limp" are quite damning. All the same: https://i.ibb.co/znKwCq7/10-B02483-89-F9-4-D6-B-9-B36-24-BA9-ADAD2-BD.jpg :D Something piss easy I can complete in a short period of time without getting stressed and maybe even a pla...

This is a great article. I loved the heyday of gaming magazines. One of my favourites was GB Action, focusing on Game Boy. I got a batch of them off eBay a while back and enjoy a little read now and again.

Super Mario 64 Going back to this for this week's Retro Game Challenge, playing on my Shield Portable when I can steal a few minutes of time. It's a lot of fun, and quite addictive. It does make you realise how far cameras and 3D games have come since this came out, but the fact it's even playable ...

Ah, I'm with you there. For me, I found progressing away from Colony 9 difficult because I no longer heard the music for the area when roaming around elsewhere. One could say the music is too good for the game itself!

Hyper Sentinel is alright, there's a lot going on in it and it feels pretty chaotic and it's very old school. I like it, I've played a load of levels and intend to go back to it sometime but I doubt it would set this thread alight to be honest. It's one of those where you go back and forth over big ...

I do love Nintendo Directs. There's something so fun and joyful about them compared to other announcement methods. There isn't really anything for me except the SNES news which is fantastic for the console and adds value to Nintendo Online, but it's great seeing the platform continue to be so health...

It's a shame that it all happened so publicly. That's all I will say. It's worrying to think how big a part the trial by twitter and public shaming might have played in his suicide. Surely not the outcome anyone wanted. This is gonna get messy. ^ this. Not much else to say from me. What a horrid si...